“Some people say gun control caused the decrease in crime, but that’s silly, because a correlation doesn’t imply causation. What actually caused it was that poor people started having abortions. Those two things correlate!”

I may have read it wrong, but I very distinctly remember standing in the bookstore and looking up and saying WTF, at a somewhat embarrassing volume.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva wasn’t talking Wednesday night before a game against Orlando. But he was back on Twitter — safely before tipoff this time.

Villanueva became an overnight Web celebrity after he posted a note, called a ‘’tweet,’’ to his feed on the popular social networking Web site during halftime of Sunday’s game against Boston.

The note itself was short and not particularly juicy; Villanueva basically wrote that he had to step it up in the second half. He did, and the Bucks won.

But by tweeting from the locker room during halftime, Villanueva seemed to take online athlete-fan interactivity to another level — and earned a stern talking-to from Bucks coach Scott Skiles, who thought it gave the impression that Villanueva wasn’t focused.

Villanueva said Tuesday that he made a mistake and wouldn’t do it again during a game. But he still seemed to be pondering the issue Wednesday.

‘’About to take my nap, but I’m looking for some answers here,‘’ Villanueva posted to his Twitter feed. ’’what’s the difference between halftime twitting and halftime interview?’’

It’s an interesting question, actually — but not one Villanueva would talk about in person before Wednesday’s game. Villanueva brushed off an interview request, saying he had to go sign autographs.

Meanwhile, the list of ’’followers’’ who subscribe to Villanueva’s Twitter feed has nearly quadrupled in the space of a day. He had 1,600 subscribers as of Tuesday afternoon and more than 6,000 as of Wednesday evening.

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